Kean wins 'role model' award for contributions to education

Saint Philip's Academy in Newark will
present its eighth annual Role Model Lunch on Wednesday, May 8, at
the Newark Club.

This year's honorees will be Thomas H. Kean,
president of Drew University in Madison and the former governor of
New Jersey, and Gabriella E. Morris, president of the Prudential
Foundation.

The awards will be presented by last year's
honoree, Willis Reed, senior vice president of the New Jersey Nets
and an icon of NBA basketball.

Kean is Drew University's 10th president and
was governor of New Jersey from 1982 to 1990.

He is being honored by Saint Philip's for
his commitment to education. While governor, he was an innovator in
educational reform and was instrumental in the founding of the
Liberty Science Center at Liberty State Park in Jersey
City.

He also co-chaired the National Commission
on Investment in Higher Education.

Morris oversees the foundation grant-making
for The Prudential Foundation, which in 2001 awarded more than $37
million in grants. She is also responsible for Prudential's social
investment program, and employee volunteerism and community
relations.

She is the board chairwoman of the New
Jersey Public Broadcasting Authority and serves on the boards of
trustees of the Boys' and Girls' clubs of Newark, Kean University
in Union, the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark, and the
Alvin Ailey Dance Theater Foundation.

The annual role Model Lunch is a venue for
Saint Philip's to recognize two distinguished individuals for their
accomplishments and contributions to inner-city
education.

The lunch is also a "networking" opportunity
for business people and a fund-raising event.

Proceeds from the lunch are used to help
underwrite the cost of tuition for each of the academy's
students.

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